arrive

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.

   We finally arrived home after a long drive.

2. 2
   verb

   To happen or come, said of a time or event.

   The time has arrived for us to leave.

3. 3
   verb

   To become successful or well known.

   With his first hit film, he had finally arrived.

Common collocations

• arrive at Verb + preposition/particle

From Middle English arriven, ariven, from Old French ariver, from Early Medieval Latin adrīpāre (“to land, come ashore”), derived from Latin rīpa (“shore, river-bank”). Displaced native oncome, tocome. For the semantic evolution, compare Old English ġelandian, ġelendan, lendan (“to arrive at land; land”) > Middle English alenden, landen (“to arrive; arrive at shore; land”).

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